Download or read book Sir John Butterfill Mr Stephen Byers Ms Patricia Hewitt Mr Geoff Hoon Mr Richard Caborn and Mr Adam Ingram written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and Privileges and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir John Butterfill, Mr Stephen Byers, Ms Patricia Hewitt, Mr Geoff Hoon, Mr Richard Caborn and Mr Adam Ingram : Ninth report of session 2010-11, Vol. 2: Appendices, written and oral Evidence
Download or read book Sir John Butterfill Mr Stephen Byers Ms Patricia Hewitt Mr Geoff Hoon Mr Richard Caborn and Mr Adam Ingram written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and Privileges and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 2010 the Sunday Times and makers of the Dispatches television programme arranged for a number of Members of Parliament each to meet an undercover reporter. The MPs, each of whom were standing down in the forthcoming General Election, were told that the meetings were with a representative of a US communications company and that they were being considered for a remunerated post on a UK board or for consultancy work. The company was fictitious. Records of the meetings were subsequently used in articles and in a broadcast which suggested that the conduct of some of the Members concerned had been contrary to the rules of the House. The Commissioner accepted complaints against five members (Stephen Byers, Patricia Hewitt, Geoff Hoon, Richard Caborn and Adam Ingram) and one self-referral (Sir John Butterfill). The reports scope does not include the conduct of those duping the former Members nor whether the Members should have fallen for the subterfuge. It was concluded that Sir John Butterfill, Patricia Hewitt and Adam Ingram did not breach the Code or rules and allegations against them were not upheld. Allegations against Stephen Byers, Geoff Hoon and Richard Caborn were upheld and were recommended to have their Parliamentary photopasses suspended for two years, five years and six months respectively. Geoff Hoon and Richard Caborn were also asked to apologise to the House. Mr Byers had already done so.
Download or read book Sir John Butterfill Mr Stephen Byers Ms Patricia Hewitt Mr Geoff Hoon Mr Richard Caborn and Mr Adam Ingram written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on Standards and Privileges and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The regulation of standards in British public life written by David Hine and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an analysis of the revolution of the last two decades that has built an extensive new regulatory apparatus governing British public ethics. The book sets the new machinery in the wider institutional framework of British government. Its main purpose is to understand the dilemmas of regulatory design that have emerged in each area examined.
Download or read book Sessional Returns written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On cover and title page: House, committees of the whole House, general committees and select committees
Download or read book Secrecy Privacy and Accountability written by Mike Sheaff and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-13 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public mistrust of those in authority and failings of public organisations frame disputes over attribution of responsibility between individuals and systems. Exemplified with examples, including the Aberfan disaster, the death of Baby P, and Mid Staffs Hospital, this book explores parallel conflicts over access to information and privacy. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows access to information about public organisations but can be in conflict with the Data Protection Act, protecting personal information. Exploring the use of the FOIA as a research tool, Sheaff offers a unique contribution to the development of sociological research methods, and debates connected to privacy and secrecy in the information age. This book will provide sociologists and social scientists with a fresh perspective on contemporary issues of power and control.
Download or read book Introducing a statutory register of lobbyists written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proposals in the Government's consultation paper, Introducing a Statutory Register of Lobbyists (Cm 8233, ISBN 9780101823326), focused the register on those who undertake lobbying activities on behalf of a third party client. Under the proposals, a lobbyist who worked in house for a large company such as News International would not be required to register, whereas a 'one-man band' lobbyist would be, and have to name their clients, and pay for the privilege. There is no evidence to suggest that third party lobbyists are a particular problem within the lobbying community; the Government's own records of ministerial meetings suggest that third party lobbyists make up less than 1% of all meetings with Ministers. The Government should abandon its plans and introduce regulation to cover all those who lobby professionally, in a paid role, including those who lobby on behalf of charities, trade unions, and think tanks. The Committee specifically recommends the Government: publish information about ministerial meetings no more than a month after the month in which the meeting occurred; improve the level of detail in meeting disclosures, so that the actual topic of a meeting is disclosed, rather than obscure terms like 'general discussion'; publish, where applicable, the company or charity number of any organisation that meets with Ministers or officials, so that the identity of the organisation can be properly verified; standardise the format of meeting data, with a view to publishing all ministerial and official meetings on one website, rather than on many different Government websites.
Download or read book Proposed Revisions to the Guide to the Rules Relating to the Conduct of Members written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and Privileges and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book House of Commons Committee on Standards Mr Tim Yeo HC 849 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This case arises from two articles published by the Sunday Times on 9 June 2013, which detailed the results of a "sting" conducted by two reporters, Ms Heidi Blake and Mr Jonathan Calvert, who posed as representatives of a strategic consultancy recruiting a group of expert consultants to launch a solar technology developer. In their article the reporters alleged that Mr Tim Yeo, the Member for South Suffolk, had "told the reporters he could advocate for their company behind the scenes, introduce them to Ministers and guide them on submitting evidence to his own Committee". Mr Yeo referred himself to the Commissioner, who decided to investigate whether he had breached the rules in that he had: offered to make approaches to Ministers and/or servants of the Crown on behalf of a company in which he expected to have a financial interest; and told the managing director of a company which was a subsidiary of a company in which he had a financial interest what to say when giving evidence to the Select Committee of which he was chair. The Commissioner did not uphold either complaint. The Committee agrees with the Commissioner. Mr Yeo made no improper commitments, despite the tone of the Sunday Times articles, and the energetic attempts of the journalists concerned to draw him into doing so. Media investigations can have a role to play in ensuring high standards of public conduct but in this case Mr Yeo has broken no rules and the only misrepresentation has been that of the journalists themselves
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Download or read book Review of past ACA payments written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Members Estimate Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report that includes the final report from Sir Thomas Legg on the review of past payments to Members of Parliament of Additional Costs Allowance (the 'second home allowance'), and the report from Sir Paul Kennedy on his decisions on appeals from MPs against Sir Thomas' rulings.
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Download or read book Secrecy Privacy and Accountability written by Mike Sheaff and published by Palgrave Pivot. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public mistrust of those in authority and failings of public organisations frame disputes over attribution of responsibility between individuals and systems. Exemplified with examples, including the Aberfan disaster, the death of Baby P, and Mid Staffs Hospital, this book explores parallel conflicts over access to information and privacy. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) allows access to information about public organisations but can be in conflict with the Data Protection Act, protecting personal information. Exploring the use of the FOIA as a research tool, Sheaff offers a unique contribution to the development of sociological research methods, and debates connected to privacy and secrecy in the information age. This book will provide sociologists and social scientists with a fresh perspective on contemporary issues of power and control.
Download or read book The Plan Twelve Months to Renew Britain written by Douglas Carswell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-08-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a 12 month legislative programme to: clean up Westminster; devolve power to the lowest practicable level; make public services work for the people who use them; bring foreign and domestic policy back in line with public opinion; replace the quango state with geniune democracy; and refresh our political system through localism and the use of referendums. The authors, an MP and an MEP, offer an analysis of why people are sick and tired of politicians, and what can be done about it. They set out, in detail, the steps that a new government needs to take to shift powers back from Brussels to Westminster, from Whitehall to town halls, from the state to the citizen. -- from back cover.
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